The PUMA Phone – A Solar Powered Phone For Sports Nuts
The latest solar powered phone to make a splash in the market place is the PUMA Phone. And this one is made specifically to get you out of the house and car and onto your feet. Not only does it boast a solar panel, but also a whole host of features for active people that help out in running, walking and cycling. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Holding Our Breath for Solar
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Why, Good readers ask, is it taking so long to get clean solar energy?…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Buy and Install Your Own Plug and Play PV System From Lowes
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We’ve mentioned the Akeena Solar Andalay PV (photovoltaic) panel previously for its near plug and play installation format. With almost all of the pieces integrated, installers simply install the base into the roof, set the panels down, plug them together and the rooftop installation is done. Now, for the first time, Lowe’s sells all the pieces to these systems so Do-It…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Solar & Construction Industries Demand Robust Support for Solar (Video)
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The We Support Solar campaign has long been pushing for a solar feed-in tariff in the UK, and the Government is indeed instituting one in 2010. But the question is, just how ambitious will this plan be? Earlier this week, I posted on a report that argued a more robust feed-in tariff could see the UK generating 6% of its energy from micro-renewables like wind and solar. Now We Support Solar has taken…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Futuristic Shoefiti: Transform Tired Sneaks Into Solar-Powered LED’s
Sling your sneaks in trees with a DIY Solar Powered Street Light Kit. Credit: Lost Value
If your favorite sneaks have reached their wear, light them up with Lost Value’s Solar Powered Street Light Kit, complete with solar cells and LED’s–now that’s upscale Shoefiti</em…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Cleantech Open 09 – LivinGreen Materials Makes Solar 50% More Efficient, 40% Cheaper
LivinGreen Materials showed off their drop-in solution to creating more efficient, cheaper solar cells. And their claim is no small number. They say their solution – which would remove one layer from the solar cells currently manufactured and replace it with a layer created by their new technology – could improve efficiency by 50% all while making it cheaper to manufacture solar cells.
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Solar and Agriculture: Double Cropping Energy and Food
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From a 25-megawatt photovoltaic plant in Florida to a 4,500 acre solar thermal installation in California, solar just keeps getting bigger. Within that context, a 100kw array may seem hardly worth mentioning, but folks in my community are excited, and not without reason. (Disclaimer alert: Friends of mine are involved with this project.)You see traditionally, unlike wind, large-scale…Read the full story on TreeHugger
75 Chipotle Restaurants Get Solar Panels – Chain Becomes Largest Solar Power Producer in Industry
Here’s one more reason to feel good about heading out to Chipotle for a burrito: The Denver-based Mexican restaurant chain has just announced that is making a big solar power push, partnering with Standard Renewable Energy to install solar panels at approximately 75 of its restaurants over the next year:…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Weird Solar Device of the Day: Solar Powered Bluetooth Headset
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Okay, so it isn’t exactly weird, but it certainly falls into the list of random gadgety places we see solar cells being applied. It’s the iTech Dynamic SolarVoice 908 Bluetooth headset, and it claims to have “infinite standby time under sunlight.”…Read the full story on TreeHugger
LG Introduces Solar Powered e-Reader
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Well we thought we had all the latest about e-readers rounded up in one place for you, but turns out the weekend gave us another cool development. LG has introduces a solar powered e-reader, so you can take your books off the shelves, and off the grid. …Read the full story on TreeHugger